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Population (year 2000): 1,435. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,460 (+1.7% change)
 

Males: 691  (48.2%)
Females: 744  (51.8%)

Brookings County

Median resident age:  34.4 years
South Dakota median age:  35.6 years

Zip codes: 57071.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $45,800 (it was $41,818 in 2000)
Volga  $45,800
South Dakota:  $40,310

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $81,500 (it was $82,000 in 2000)
Volga  $81,500
South Dakota:  $101,700

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Races in Volga:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

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Ancestries: Norwegian (39.7%), German (37.5%), Dutch (11.6%), Irish (8.4%), English (6.6%), Danish (6.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 7/10/1903

Elevation: 1634 feet

Land area: 0.77 square miles.

Population density: 1878 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Volga

  • High school or higher: 91.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
  • Unemployed: 1.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 13.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Volga city

  • Never married: 24.6%
  • Now married: 61.4%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 6.4%
  • Divorced: 7.6%

1 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.1%
South Dakota:  1.8%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Volga, South Dakota in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Volga to the number of sex offenders is 207 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Volga:  1.8% ($1,487)
South Dakota:  1.7% ($1,334)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Sioux Falls, SD (55.9 miles , pop. 123,975).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Omaha, NE (220.8 miles , pop. 390,007).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (658.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Bruce, SD (8.3 miles ), Brookings, SD (9.4 miles ), Sinai, SD (9.7 miles) , Nunda, SD (12.8 miles) , Arlington, SD (14.7 miles ), Aurora, SD (16.6 miles ), Estelline, SD (17.7 miles ), Bushnell, SD (19.2 miles) .


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 4 buildings, average cost: $102,000
  • 1997: 5 buildings, average cost: $109,600
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $91,300
  • 1999: 6 buildings, average cost: $104,200
  • 2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $123,300
  • 2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $150,000
  • 2003: 7 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2004: 7 buildings, average cost: $149,100
  • 2005: 9 buildings, average cost: $165,600
  • 2006: 21 buildings, average cost: $129,900
  • 2007: 9 buildings, average cost: $155,000

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Latitude: 44.32 N, Longitude: 96.92 W


Area code: 605

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Population change in the 1990s: +111 (+8.4%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Wood products (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (4%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (24%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Wood products (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)


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Volga-area historical tornado activity is above South Dakota state average. It is 56% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/7/1993, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 25.7 miles away from the Volga city center injured 4 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 6/7/1993, a category 4 tornado 27.3 miles away from the city center injured 5 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Main business address for: SOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS LLC (AGRICULTURE SERVICES).


Hospitals/medical centers near Volga:
  • BROOKINGS HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; BROOKINGS, SD)
  • MADISON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; MADISON, SD)
  • FLANDREAU MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL-CAH (about 30 miles; FLANDREAU, SD)

Political contributions by individuals in Volga, SD

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Volga:
  • BROOKINGS MUNI (about 8 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID: BKX)
  • WATERTOWN MUNI (about 43 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; ID: ATY)
  • JOE FOSS FIELD (about 54 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD; ID: FSD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Volga:
  • ARLINGTON MUNI (about 14 miles; ARLINGTON, SD; ID: 3A9)
  • MADISON MUNI (about 25 miles; MADISON, SD; ID: MDS)
  • LAKE PRESTON MUNI (about 32 miles; LAKE PRESTON, SD; ID: Y34)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Volga:
  • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Full-time enrollment: 7,353)
  • SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 104 miles; VERMILLION, SD; FT enrollment: 6,014)
  • NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 135 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; FT enrollment: 2,356)
  • NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 136 miles; WAHPETON, ND; FT enrollment: 2,176)
  • WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 141 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,639)
  • WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 145 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT enrollment: 3,026)
Public high school in Volga:
  • SIOUX VALLEY HI SCH (Students: 178; Location: 200 HANSINA AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Volga:
  • SIOUX VALLEY ELEM (Students: 231; Location: 200 HANSINA AVE; Grades: PK - 05)
  • SIOUX VALLEY MIDDLE SCH (Students: 133; Location: 200 HANSINA AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
Private elementary/middle school in Volga:
  • VOLGA CHRISTIAN SCH (Students: 54; Location: 223 EAST SIXTH STREET; Grades: KG - 8)

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Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
South Dakota:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  72.5%
Whole state:  67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  2.3%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  6.2%
Whole state:  13.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  1.5%
Whole state:  5.8%

Volga compared to South Dakota state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.


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Banks with branches in Volga (2007 data):
  • The First National Bank of Volga: The First National Bank Of Volga at 305 Kasan Avenue, branch established on 1902-01-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $32.9 mil, Deposits: $28.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: North Central Financial Services, Inc.



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2004 Presidential Election results in Brookings County South Dakota:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 1$3,156$37,8720$0
Financial Administration 1$2,684$32,2080$0
Streets and Highways 1$2,468$29,6160$0
Sewerage 1$3,156$37,8720$0
Electric Power 2$7,886$47,3161$1,468
Other and Unallocable 0$0 3$734
Totals for Government 6$19,350$38,7004$2,202



10.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,066 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.55%
South Dakota average:  8.40%

0.52% of residents moved from foreign countries ($492 average AGI)
Brookings County:  0.52%
South Dakota average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Minnehaha County, SD  1.04% ($24,577 average AGI)
from Codington County, SD  0.36% ($31,639)
from Kingsbury County, SD  0.33% ($32,545)


9.75% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,464 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.75%
South Dakota average:  8.34%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Minnehaha County, SD  1.82% ($30,249 average AGI)
to Lincoln County, SD  0.38% ($40,342)
to Kingsbury County, SD  0.27% ($30,296)


Strongest AM radio stations in Volga:
  • KJJQ (910 AM; 1 kW; VOLGA, SD; Owner: SORENSON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KBRK (1430 AM; 1 kW; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF BROOKINGS, INC.)
  • KLOH (1050 AM; 9 kW; PIPESTONE, MN; Owner: WALLACE CHRISTENSEN)
  • KXRB (1000 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD)
  • KSOO (1140 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KNWC (1270 AM; 5 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
  • KELO (1320 AM; 5 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: MIDCONTINENT RADIO OF S.D., INC.)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
  • KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KMSD (1510 AM; 5 kW; MILBANK, SD; Owner: BIG STONE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNAX (570 AM; 5 kW; YANKTON, SD; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Volga:
  • KKQQ (102.3 FM; VOLGA, SD; Owner: SORENSON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KBRK-FM (93.7 FM; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF HURON, INC.)
  • KESD (88.3 FM; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ED. TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
  • KKHG (107.9 FM; FLANDREAU, SD; Owner: LA COMMUNIQUE, INC.)
  • K285EX (105.5 FM; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: REFUGE MEDIA GROUP)
  • KIXX (96.1 FM; WATERTOWN, SD; Owner: SORENSON BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KSDJ (90.7 FM; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KDBX (107.1 FM; CLEAR LAKE, SD; Owner: SORENSON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KSDR-FM (92.9 FM; WATERTOWN, SD; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF BROOKINGS, INC.)
  • KKLS-FM (104.7 FM; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KKCK (99.7 FM; MARSHALL, MN; Owner: KMHL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Volga:
  • K40FZ (Channel 40; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC)
  • KESD-TV (Channel 8; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ED. TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
  • KELO-TV (Channel 11; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: YOUNG BROADCASTING OF SIOUX FALLS, INC.)
  • KDLT-TV (Channel 46; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC)
  • KSFY-TV (Channel 13; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: ELCOM OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.)
  • K38CQ (Channel 38; HURON, SD; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • K50DG (Channel 50; BROOKINGS, SD; Owner: INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K35GR (Channel 35; BADGER, SD; Owner: RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC)

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